#388CA6#388CA6

#388CA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.089 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388CA6
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(194, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, -16.88, -21.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 27.10, 231.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60% -0.0662 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.089 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8891, 22.3482, 39.4398)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388CA6 #A65238

analogous

#38A689 #388CA6 #3855A6

triadic

#388CA6 #A6388C #8CA638

tetradic

#388CA6 #8938A6 #A65238 #55A638

square

#388CA6 #8938A6 #A65238 #55A638

split-complementary

#388CA6 #A63855 #A68938

monochromatic

#193F4A #296578 #388CA6 #55ABC6 #83C2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#388CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#388CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388CA6

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388CA6	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D89A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.089 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7badc0',
    500: '#388ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ca6;
$custom-light: #7badc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.182,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60001,
    "c": 0.08876,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388CA6

secondary

#BF8B7B

accent

#6F4FD9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388CA6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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